Congratulations to all Youth Symphony musicians selected for All-State!

 

In total, 64 Youth Symphony of Kansas City musicians were selected for their state’s respective 2014 All-State Instrumental Ensembles.

In Missouri, ten musicians were placed within All-State Band or Orchestra and an additional three musicians received Honorable Mention.  Fifty-four musicians from Kansas were selected for All-State honors! Congratulations to all of these fantastic student musicians!

Missouri All-State Orchestra

Violin I
S – Alexa Birt, Barstow School
S – Liam Carroll, Rockhurst

Violin II
S – Cecelia Cook, Liberty
A – Bailey Eddy, Liberty

Cello
S – Alyssa Aubuchon, Blue Springs

Oboe
S – Emily Goering, Platte County

Horn
A – Spencer Kunz, Platte County

Missouri All-State Band

Bassoon
S – Leya Young, Liberty

Clarinet
A – Allyssa DeJarnette, Lee’s Summit West 

Horn
S – Kali Dodd, Kearney

Honorable Mention Band

Bassoon
A – Bailey McCulloch, Blue Springs South

Horn
S – Tristan Bartley, Winnetonka

Percussion
S – Daichi Tadokoro, Raymore Peculiar

 

 

KEY
S = YSKC Symphony
A = YSKC Academy
P = YSKC Philharmonic
 

Kansas All-State Orchestra

Violin I
S – David Hu, Blue Valley Southwest
S – Madison Ryan, Blue Valley North
S – Ashwanth Samuel, Olathe Northwest
S – Anne Schneller, Olathe Northwest
S – Emily Shehi, Olathe East
P – Graham Smith, Blue Valley Northwest
S – Aldin Tollison, Blue Valley North
A – Lily Wulfemeyer, Shawnee Mission East

Violin II

A – Rachna Igwe, Blue Valley North
S – Helen Peng, Blue Valley Northwest
S – Sara Jenab, Blue Valley Northwest
A – Mitchell Reilly, Blue Valley Southwest
S – Emma Rolf, Olathe Heritage Christian
S – Alexa Wilden, Gardner Edgerton
S – Annie Zhang, Blue Valley North

Viola
S – Andrew S. Bonci, Jr., Shawnee Mission North
S – Orunima Chakraborti, Blue Valley North
S – Lisa Erhart, Blue Valley West
S – Nicholas Michuda, St. Thomas Aquinas
S – Caroline Olson, Shawnee Mission East
S – Abigail Penas, Olathe East
S – Emily Winterburg, Louisburg

Cello
S – Brennan Bukaty, Olathe East
S – Jake Kwon, Blue Valley North
A – Joe Levin, Shawnee Mission East
S – Joe Teeter, Topeka
S – Isaac Witte, Blue Valley West
S – Kevin Xu, Shawnee Mission East

String Bass
S – Reed Boohar, Olathe East
S – Joe Donley, Olathe East
S – Benjamin Foerster, Blue Valley Northwest
S – Andrew Michuda, St. Thomas Aquinas
S – Jake Wheeler, Shawnee Mission East

Piccolo
S – Mary Grekstas, Shawnee Mission East

Oboe
S – Luisa Galhardo, Blue Valley West

Bassoon
S – Grant Laster, Blue Valley Southwest

Clarinet
S – Emmaline Lorenzo, Blue Valley North

Horn
S – Carolyn Culp, Olathe North

Timpani
S – Abby Scott – Shawnee Mission East

Kansas 56A All-State Band

Flute
S – Rachel Kim, Shawnee Mission East
S – Michelle Lu, Shawnee Mission East
S – Marin Rodgers, Blue Valley North
P – Paniz Borzoofard, Shawnee Mission West

Oboe
S – Billy Ferguson, Blue Valley West

Clarinet
A – Peter Hartman, Blue Valley Northwest
S – Brendan Fairleigh, Olathe South
S – Christina Rogers, Leavenworth

Trumpet
A – Michael Meier, Olathe East

Horn
S – Grant Parker, Blue Valley North

Trombone
A – Chacko Finn, Shawnee Mission North

Euphonium
S – Mitchell English, Blue Valley North (trombone, YSKC)

Kansas 1234A All-State Band

Clarinet
A – Madison Kerr, DeSoto 

Kansas All-State Jazz Band

Trumpet
S – Phillip Olson, Shawnee Mission East

Trombone
S – Danny Lovell, Blue Valley West